I didn't try any load and pop tricks. I was having so much fun on the kickers/sliders, I wanted to save my arms for that. Was trying tantrums/backflips, 360's, and 180's off kickers.

my board looked alot different than the cable/wake boards other people were using, but It felt fine for what I was doing. The only thing that felt kind of weird, is when i would land hard off the kickers, i could feel my board flex like crazy, thought it might explode, but it didn't. My board is kind of a limp noodle for a wakestyle board, I think the DLX is stiffer.

It did leave a bunch of little cosmetic scratches on the base. kind of like those on a snowboard base from riding park. I think this would be the only externality of using a kiteboard on cable. maybe something to consider if worried about resale. I got my board 2nd hand, super cheap, along time ago. so im not worried about it.

zgur wrote:The reason they are putting these parks up in Sacto is that they have no ocean nor mountains and plenty of folks who want to be cool.....nothing wrong with that, not hating on Sacto in any way....

Actually we have both mountains & the ocean... in under a two hour's drive.The reason for why these parks are popping up here, is the Valley is home to many snowboarders & skateboarders which cross over to wakeboarding/wakeskating during the summer months. There're also a lot of wakeboarders already living here as well. Many of these riders (snow, skate, wake) are even recognized professionals at their craft. They've all chosen to live in the Valley because of its proximity to their sport's destinations.The issue is wakeboard boats are expensive, gas is not cheap and you always require at least 3 people to make it happen (driver, flagger and rider). Getting your "wake" session on with the same frequency as snowboarding & skateboarding can't be done for most riders, so these cable parks are the perfect alternative. Bottom line is it has nothing to do with "wanting to be cool".

Wow, apparently there is another full 5 tower cable park already built and scheduled to open before summer in woodland, ca (just north of Davis) great news as it will bring a diversity in features to hit and competition with pricing and attracting customers between the parks!